The Official First World Problems Thread™
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"Spray tan tears won't go away"
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@DoctorJones said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Spray tan tears
Sounds like a new body art method...
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FWP: Try to break into an 11yo's house, threaten him, he shoots you, and then tells the news media that you cried like a little baby.
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@FrostCat That dude bought a house at 11 years old? I wouldn't mess with him.
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@blakeyrat said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
That dude bought a house at 11 years old?
Amazing, right?
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@FrostCat said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Amazing, right?
Pftsh. I had a mortgage when I was 10. Luckily my dad paid on it, otherwise....
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@Tsaukpaetra
Were you the racecar or the top hat?
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@Zecc said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Were you the racecar or the top hat?
I was the dog.
But, full disclosure, having the same name as my father makes legal documents interesting sometimes...
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@Tsaukpaetra My husband not only has the same name as his father, his phone number is one digit off.
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@Yamikuronue said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
My husband not only has the same name as his father, his phone number is one digit off.
A source of many a funny story, I hope? :)
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Our work canteen is being refurbished this week. They still sell toast but I have to butter it myself, like a barbarian.
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Since buying my new car, I have two vehicles with remote central locking for the first time.
My first world problem is that they have the buttons in a different order, so what unlocks one locks the other, I can open the boot when I mean to lock one etc. Why hasn't this been standardised yet?
Also, the fuel caps are on opposite sides so every trip to a petrol station involves slowing right down and thinking "what car am I in today?"
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@Jaloopa said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Also, the fuel caps are on opposite sides so every trip to a petrol station involves slowing right down and thinking "what car am I in today?"
I feel your pain brother
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@Jaloopa said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Also, the fuel caps are on opposite sides so every trip to a petrol station involves slowing right down and thinking "what car am I in today?"
Isn't the petrol pump icon supposed to tell you, either with an arrow or by which side the hose is on? Or is this an urban myth?
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@coldandtired I don't know, it would be pretty useful if it did, but it'd be a bit of redundant coding that I've been completely oblivious to for all these years.
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@coldandtired both cars have an arrow, but the pump icon is inconsistent between them. So it sort of works but I have to remember if I'm paying attention to the icon or the arrow
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@coldandtired said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Jaloopa said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Also, the fuel caps are on opposite sides so every trip to a petrol station involves slowing right down and thinking "what car am I in today?"
Isn't the petrol pump icon supposed to tell you, either with an arrow or by which side the hose is on? Or is this an urban myth?
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I love it when women complain that I talk over them or cut them off. Not sure why they think they're so special.
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@coldandtired said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Jaloopa said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Also, the fuel caps are on opposite sides so every trip to a petrol station involves slowing right down and thinking "what car am I in today?"
Isn't the petrol pump icon supposed to tell you, either with an arrow or by which side the hose is on? Or is this an urban myth?
Both my vehicles have an arrow. Then again, they also have the fuel cap on the same side. Maybe that's because they are the same make.
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@abarker said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
they also have the fuel cap on the same side. Maybe that's because they are the same make.
That proves little. I've just had the joyous experience of both renting and buying a used Nissan Versa, of differing model years. The rental had the filler door on the driver's side as god and Henry Ford intended, but the slightly older boughten vehicle has it on the passenger's side.
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@da-Doctah said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
The rental had the filler door on the driver's side as god and Henry Ford intended, but the slightly older boughten vehicle has it on the passenger's side.
This just proves that Nissan can't design shit and should be put out to pasture with prejudice.
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@abarker To me it suggests that they eventually got it right; it just took them a little longer than everyone else.
Incidentally, as the seller was filling out the paperwork to get the registration, it struck me that my first car was a 1969 Datsun that I got when I graduated from high school in 1975, and that they changed the name of the brand to Nissan not long thereafter. This is the first car from that company that I've owned since then.
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FWP: I rather expected SSIS to provide a better answer to my errors than the equivalent of "Couldn't insert the data into the table". Like, was it a data issue? Column name issue? What?
Turns out, apparently
20160601
can be turned into a date automatically by SQL Server, but not by IBM's AS/400 systems. Solution: Convert in SQL Server before attempting to insert the data (because SSIS was being weird with the dates as well).Of course, the error log on the AS/400 side doesn't format their own dates correctly either, so... Dates are hard ()
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I recently discovered a solution to a classic first-world problem. I'm not sure whether it's a good idea or a crazy FWP "solution", so I decided to post it here. (Maybe it should be in the cooking thread? Whatever…)
Problem: You love to cook. You love to try new recipes. But: You live alone, and supermarkets only sell some stuff in large quantities, which means some of your ingredients will inevitably go bad. Also, you don't have time to go to 5 different supermarkets after work to get all the stuff you need.
Solution: Cooking boxes! Basically, you can order 3 recipes plus the ingredients for those 3 meals for either 2 or 4 people online. They tell you the recipes two weeks in advance (they never repeat) and you have one week to choose whether you want the next box or not. You can select the delivery date to make sure the package arrives at a time when you're at home, because you have to get the perishable ingredients out of the cooling bag with ice packs and put them into the fridge.
But… Is that actually good? Surprisingly, yes. I ordered two boxes so far and they contained quality ingredients and good recipes that you can easily re-use later. Half of the recipes are standard recipes with a twist, the other half are original, creative recipes. All of them tasted good, even after I warmed them up again (2-person meal = 2 1-person meals in my case ;)).
Is it worth the money? Not sure. It's definitely more expensive than buying the ingredients yourself (ca. 1.5x). It definitely saves you a lot of time, though. The startup I'm ordering from has existed for roughly 4 years now, so apparently many people think it is worth it.
What do you think? Good idea or crazy FWP?
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@asdf I used one of them for a while. Didn't really work with my lifestyle but I like the idea. If I was single I'd probably still be doing it for the same reasons as you.
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@asdf said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Good idea or crazy FWP?
Yes, to both.
also who are they and where can i see what they offer?
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@accalia said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
also who are they and where can i see what they offer?
Warning, website is German: https://www.kochzauber.de/kochboxen/variante/boxen-uebersicht/
Next week's a bit boring, but the two weeks after that look good. Just select the different dates to see the recipes.What surprised me is that if you follow the instructions, it will actually look almost as on the photos (minus the decoration). Also, they use fresh pasta instead of the cheap dried Barilla stuff.
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@accalia said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
who are they and where can i see what they offer?
The main ones in Britain are Hello Fresh and Gousto. No idea if either have a US presence but they seem to be popping up a lot recently
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@accalia said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Yes, to both.
also who are they and where can i see what they offer?Here's a US equivalent:
I haven't tried them yet, but I'm strongly considering it.
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@Jaloopa said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Also, the fuel caps are on opposite sides so every trip to a petrol station involves slowing right down and thinking "what car am I in today?"
You know the little icon on the dashboard tells you which side it's on, right?
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@da-Doctah I would never drive a Nissan Versa after watching Heroes. Where they had the characters tell everybody how great Nissan Versas were about 47,000,000 in every single episode. Look, the artist guy even drew a comic panel featuring the Nissan Versa! The efficient and fun-to-drive Versa, the perfect car for X-Men ripoff characters to rave about!
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@Jaloopa said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Hello Fresh
Those are a German startup as well. Haven't tried them yet. Unlike Kochzauber, they don't show you the recipes on the website, so it's kind of a black box.
(They seem to deliver in the US now as well, BTW.)
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@asdf It does work quite nicely - had a short-term subscription to HelloFresh. Discontinued it not due to quality issues but simply due to the fact that our school's cantina is quite good and thus there's no actual need for me.
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@asdf It's a better solution to that problem than Soylent.
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@asdf said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
...supermarkets only sell some stuff in large quantities, which means some of your ingredients will inevitably go bad.
For example? You can't buy fresh stuff by the kilo there?
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@coldandtired said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
You can't buy fresh stuff by the kilo there?
Onions and potatoes are not sold by the kilo in most supermarkets here. Also, fresh herbs and garlic bulbs frequently go bad in my kitchen. There are other ingredients which you rarely find in small containers containing only the quantity you need, like (for example) tomato paste or nuts. I don't have a lot of storage space, especially not a storage room that's cool, dark and dry, so that's an actual problem for me.
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@asdf said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
garlic bulbs frequently go bad in my kitchen.
You can freeze garlic. It's fine.
Or if you're a bit less picky, buy powdered.
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@blakeyrat said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
You can freeze garlic.
Hm, good idea. I might try that next time.
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@asdf said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@coldandtired said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
You can't buy fresh stuff by the kilo there?
Onions and potatoes are not sold by the kilo in most supermarkets here. Also, fresh herbs and garlic bulbs frequently go bad in my kitchen. There are other ingredients which you rarely find in small containers containing only the quantity you need, like (for example) tomato paste or nuts. I don't have a lot of storage space, especially not a storage room that's cool, dark and dry, so that's an actual problem for me.
Round here onions and garlic commonly go by the pair, and tomato paste usually goes in tiny cans. I do believe potatoes don't go by less than 2½kg a bag (don't buy them often), and although cabbages are available pre-sliced in smaller amounts buying a whole cabbage and throwing much of it away tends to be cheaper.
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@asdf said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Hm, good idea. I might try that next time.
I mean, I don't blame you, it is basically the only vegetable you can freeze and when it thaws it still tastes the same. So you wouldn't expect it to work.
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@asdf said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
What do you think?
I think you should either buy a freezer or eat leftovers.
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@asdf said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
fresh herbs and garlic bulbs frequently go bad in my kitchen
You can dry herbs, or even chop and freeze them.
If you can't go through a single bulb of garlic, then you're
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@Lorne-Kates said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
I think you should either buy a freezer or eat leftovers.
There is not even nearly enough space for a freezer in my apartment. I only have the small freezer compartment in my fridge.
You can dry herbs, or even chop and freeze them.
I know, but I still prefer fresh herbs. Dried herbs, with some exceptions, just don't taste the same. Also, unfortunately, my balcony is too sunny for some herbs, like parsley.
If you can't go through a single bulb of garlic, then you're
That may or may not be the case. But it's simply too hot and humid in my apartment to store potatoes, onions or garlic for more than a few days. They all sprout pretty quickly (or, sometimes, start to mold).
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@asdf said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
That may or may not be the case. But it's simply too hot and humid in my apartment to store potatoes, onions or garlic for more than a few days. They all sprout pretty quickly (or, sometimes, start to mold).
Do you live on a boat in the Amazon Rainforest?
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@Lorne-Kates said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
Do you live on a boat in the Amazon Rainforest?
Damn, you discovered my secret.
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@Lorne-Kates said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
If you can't go through a single bulb of garlic, then you're
Pretty sure that's just enough for a single meal...
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@dcon said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Lorne-Kates said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
If you can't go through a single bulb of garlic, then you're
Pretty sure that's just enough for a single meal...
Bulb
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Clove
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@Lorne-Kates said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@dcon said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
@Lorne-Kates said in The Official First World Problems Thread™:
If you can't go through a single bulb of garlic, then you're
Pretty sure that's just enough for a single meal...
Bulb
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CloveWhen I was just starting out learning to cook, a friend and me were doing a receipe which called for 4 cloves of garlic. We mistook that for 4 bulbs of garlic.
The positive side: Any and all vampires in the vicinity expired promptly.